November 21 — Este Día en la Historia
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Eventos
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164 BC
Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. This event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah.
Judas Maccabeus · Mattathias · Hasmonean family · Temple in Jerusalem · Hanukkah
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235
Pope Anterus succeeds Pontian as the nineteenth pope. During the persecutions of emperor Maximinus Thrax he is martyred.
Pope Anterus · Pope Pontian · Pope · Maximinus Thrax · Martyr
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1009
Lý Công Uẩn is enthroned as emperor of Đại Cồ Việt, founding the Lý dynasty.
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1386
Timur of Samarkand captures and sacks the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, taking King Bagrat V of Georgia captive.
Timur · Timur's invasions of Georgia · Kingdom of Georgia · Tbilisi · Bagrat V of Georgia
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1620
Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact (November 11, O.S.)
Plymouth Colony · List of Mayflower passengers · Mayflower Compact · November 11 · Old Style and New Style dates
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1676
The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.
Astronomer · Ole Rømer · Rømer's determination of the speed of light · Measurement · Speed of light
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1783
In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier · François Laurent d'Arlandes · Hot air balloon
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1789
North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
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1832
Wabash College is founded in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
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1861
American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War.
American Civil War · Confederate States of America · Jefferson Davis · Judah Benjamin
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1877
Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
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1894
Port Arthur, China falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.
Port Arthur, China · Battle of Lushunkou · First Sino-Japanese War · Port Arthur massacre (China)
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1902
The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39-0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
Philadelphia Athletics (NFL) · Kanaweola Athletic Club · Elmira, New York · American football · Night game
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1905
Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass-energy equivalence formula, E = mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.
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1910
Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Geraes, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).
Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes · Brazilian battleship São Paulo · Brazilian cruiser Bahia · Revolt of the Lash
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1916
Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
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1918
The Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia.
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1918
A pogrom takes place in Lwów (now Lviv); over three days, at least 50 Jews and 270 Ukrainian Christians are killed by Poles.
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1920
Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".
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1922
Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator.
Rebecca Latimer Felton · Georgia (U.S. state) · United States Senate
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1927
Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
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1942
The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by general vehicles until 1943).
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1945
The United Auto Workers strike 92 General Motors plants in 50 cities to back up worker demands for a 30-percent raise.
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1950
Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.
Canadian National Railway · British Columbia · Canoe River train crash
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1953
The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.
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1959
American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC-AM radio over allegations he had participated in the payola scandal.
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1961
The "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, first revolving restaurant in the United States.
La Ronde (restaurant) · Honolulu · Revolving restaurant · United States
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1962
The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.
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1964
The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opens to traffic. At the time it is the world's longest bridge span.
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1964
Second Vatican Council: The third session of the Roman Catholic Church's ecumenical council closes.
Second Vatican Council · Roman Catholic Church · Ecumenical council
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1967
Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."
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1969
U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Satō agree on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. The U.S. retains rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free.
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1969
The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
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1970
Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast: A joint United States Air Force and Army team raids the Sơn Tây prisoner-of-war camp in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there.
Operation Ivory Coast · Sơn Tây (Hanoi) · Prisoner-of-war camp
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1971
Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.
Mukti Bahini · Bengal · Guerrilla warfare · Battle of Garibpur
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1972
Voters in South Korea overwhelmingly approve a new constitution, giving legitimacy to Park Chung-hee and the Fourth Republic.
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1974
The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted.
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1977
Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".
Minister of Internal Affairs (New Zealand) · Allan Highet · National anthem · God Save the Queen · God Defend New Zealand
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1979
The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, is attacked by a mob and set on fire, killing four.
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1980
A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Paradise, Nevada (now Bally's Las Vegas). Eighty-seven people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history.
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1985
United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.
Jonathan Pollard · Espionage · Israel · Arab
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1986
National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents allegedly implicating them in the Iran-Contra affair.
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1992
A major tornado strikes the Houston, Texas area during the afternoon. Over the next two days the largest tornado outbreak ever to occur in the US during November spawns over 100 tornadoes.
Tornado · Houston · Texas · Tornado outbreak
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1995
The Dayton Agreement is initialed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Dayton Agreement · Wright-Patterson Air Force Base · Dayton, Ohio · Bosnia and Herzegovina
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1996
Humberto Vidal explosion: Thirty-three people die when a Humberto Vidal shoe shop explodes.
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2004
The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity.
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2004
Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. The northern half of the island sustains the most damage, especially the town of Portsmouth. In neighboring Guadeloupe, one person is killed.
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2004
The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100 billion) of Iraq's external debt.
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2006
Anti-Syrian Lebanese politician and government minister Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.
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2009
A mine explosion in Heilongjiang, China kills 108.
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2012
At least 28 are wounded after a bomb is thrown onto a bus in Tel Aviv.
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2013
The first of to become massive protests start in Ukraine after President Viktor Yanukovych suspended signing the Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement.
Euromaidan · Ukraine · President of Ukraine · Viktor Yanukovych · Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement
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2014
A stampede in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe caused by the police firing tear gas kills at least eleven people and injures 40 others.
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2015
The government of Belgium imposed a security lockdown on Brussels, including the closure of shops, schools, public transportation, due to potential terrorist attacks.
Federal Government of Belgium · Brussels lockdown · Brussels
Nacimientos Famosos
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1495
John Bale, English bishop and historian (d. 1563)
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1567
Anne de Xainctonge, French saint, founded the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin (d. 1621)
Anne de Xainctonge · Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin
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1631
Catharina Questiers, Dutch poet (d. 1669)
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1692
Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Italian poet and academic (d. 1768)
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1694
Voltaire, French historian, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1778)
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1718
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, German composer, critic, and theorist (d. 1795)
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1729
Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 6th Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1795)
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1737
José Antonio Alzate y Ramírez, Spanish-Mexican scientist and cartographer (d. 1799)
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1760
Joseph Plumb Martin, American sergeant (d. 1850)
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1768
Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologian, philosopher, and scholar (d. 1834)
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1785
William Beaumont, American surgeon, "Father of Gastric Physiology" (d. 1853)
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1787
Samuel Cunard, Canadian businessman, founded the Cunard Line (d. 1865)
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1811
Zeng Guofan, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (d. 1872)
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1818
Lewis H. Morgan, American lawyer, anthropologist, and theorist (d. 1881)
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1835
Hetty Green, American businesswoman and financier (d. 1916)
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1840
Victoria, Princess Royal of England (d. 1901)
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1851
Désiré-Joseph Mercier, Belgian cardinal and theologian (d. 1926)
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1852
Francisco Tárrega, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1909)
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1853
Hussein Kamel of Egypt (d. 1917)
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1854
Pope Benedict XV (d. 1922)
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1866
Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Norwegian poet and author (d. 1900)
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1866
Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna (d. 1914)
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1870
Alexander Berkman, Lithuanian-American activist and author (d. 1936)
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1870
Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (d. 1946)
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1870
Stanley Jackson, English cricketer and politician (d. 1947)
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1876
Olav Duun, Norwegian author and educator (d. 1939)
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1877
Sigfrid Karg-Elert, German composer and educator (d. 1933)
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1878
Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer and politician, German Minister of Justice (d. 1949)
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1886
Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (d. 1968)
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1894
Cecil M. Harden, American politician (d. 1984)
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1897
Mollie Steimer, Russian-American activist (d. 1980)
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1898
René Magritte, Belgian painter (d. 1967)
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1899
Jobyna Ralston, American actress (d. 1967)
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1899
Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha (d. 1987)
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1902
Foster Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (d. 1985)
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1902
Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
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1902
Mikhail Suslov, Russian soldier, economist, and politician (d. 1982)
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1904
Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1969)
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1908
Leo Politi, Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1996)
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1908
Elizabeth George Speare, American author and educator (d. 1994)
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1912
Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (d. 1982)
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1913
John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1985)
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1913
Roy Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
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1913
Gunnar Kangro, Estonian mathematician, author, and academic (d. 1975)
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1914
Nusret Fişek, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (d. 1990)
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1914
Henri Laborit, French physician and philosopher (d. 1995)
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1915
Norm Smith, Australian footballer and coach (d. 1973)
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1916
Sid Luckman, American football player and soldier (d. 1998)
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1919
Paul Bogart, American director and producer (d. 2012)
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1920
Ralph Meeker, American actor (d. 1988)
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1920
Stan Musial, American baseball player and manager (d. 2013)
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1921
Donald Sheldon, American pilot (d. 1975)
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1922
Abe Lemons, American basketball player and coach (d. 2002)
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1924
Joseph Campanella, American actor
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1924
Milka Planinc, Yugoslav politician, 28th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 2010)
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1924
Christopher Tolkien, English author and academic
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1925
Veljko Kadijević, Croatian general and politician, 5th Federal Secretary of People's Defence (d. 2014)
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1926
William Wakefield Baum, American cardinal (d. 2015)
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1927
Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman (d. 2008)
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1929
Marilyn French, American author and academic (d. 2009)
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1929
Laurier LaPierre, Canadian historian, journalist, and politician (d. 2012)
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1930
Marjan Rožanc, Slovenian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1990)
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1931
Lewis Binford, American archaeologist and academic (d. 2011)
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1931
Revaz Dogonadze, Georgian chemist and physicist (d. 1985)
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1931
Stanley Kalms, Baron Kalms, English businessman
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1931
Malcolm Williamson, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2003)
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1932
Beryl Bainbridge, English author and screenwriter (d. 2010)
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1932
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Danish composer
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1933
Henry Hartsfield, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2014)
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1933
Etta Zuber Falconer, American educator and mathematician (d. 2002)
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1934
Laurence Luckinbill, American actor, director, and playwright
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1934
Peter Philpott, Australian cricketer
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1936
Victor Chang, Chinese-Australian surgeon (d. 1991)
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1937
Ingrid Pitt, Polish-English actress (d. 2010)
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1937
Marlo Thomas, American actress, producer, and activist
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1939
R. Budd Dwyer, American educator and politician, 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania (d. 1987)
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1940
Freddy Beras-Goico, Dominican comedian and television host (d. 2010)
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1940
Dr. John, American singer-songwriter and pianist
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1940
Richard Marcinko, American commander and author
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1940
Natalia Makarova, Russian ballerina, choreographer, and actress
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1941
Juliet Mills, English-American actress
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1941
David Porter, American songwriter, musician, and producer
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1942
Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, German educator and politician
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1943
Phil Bredesen, American businessman and politician, 48th Governor of Tennessee
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1943
Jacques Laffite, French race car driver and sportscaster
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1944
Dick Durbin, American lawyer and politician
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1944
Earl Monroe, American basketball player and sportscaster
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1944
Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
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1945
Goldie Hawn, American actress, singer, and producer
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1948
Michel Suleiman, Lebanese general and politician, 16th President of Lebanon
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1948
George Zimmer, American businessman, founded Men's Wearhouse
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1950
Hisham Barakat, Egyptian lawyer and judge (d. 2015)
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1952
Mervyn Davies, Baron Davies of Abersoch, Welsh banker and politician
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1952
Janne Kristiansen, Norwegian lawyer and jurist
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1952
Lorna Luft, American actress and singer
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1953
Tina Brown, English-American journalist and author
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1954
Fiona Pitt-Kethley, English journalist, author, and poet
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1955
Peter Koppes, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1955
Cedric Maxwell, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
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1955
Glenn Ridge, Australian radio and television host and producer
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1956
Cherry Jones, American actress
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1959
Sergei Ratnikov, Estonian footballer and manager
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1960
Mark Bailey, English rugby player, author, and educator
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1960
Brian McNamara, American actor, director, and producer
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1960
Brian Ritchie, American bass player and songwriter
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1961
João Domingos Pinto, Portuguese footballer and manager
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1963
Dave Molyneux, Manx motorcycle racer
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1963
Nicollette Sheridan, English actress
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1964
Shane Douglas, American wrestler and manager
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1964
Charles Dunstone, English businessman, co-founded Carphone Warehouse
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1964
Olden Polynice, Haitian-American basketball player and coach
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1964
Stefan Sonnenfeld, American businessman, co-founded Company 3
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1965
Björk, Icelandic singer-songwriter
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1965
Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (d. 1993)
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1966
Troy Aikman, American football player and sportscaster
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1966
Evgeny Bareev, Russian chess player and coach
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1966
Thanasis Kolitsidakis, Greek footballer
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1967
Ken Block, American race car driver
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1967
Tripp Cromer, American baseball player
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1967
Toshihiko Koga, Japanese martial artist
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1968
Andrew Caddick, New Zealand-English cricketer
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1968
Alex James, English singer-songwriter, bass player
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1968
Antonio Tarver, American boxer, sportscaster, and actor
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1969
Ken Griffey Jr., American baseball player and actor
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1970
Karen Davila, Filipino journalist
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1970
Justin Langer, Australian cricketer and coach
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1971
Michael Strahan, American football player, actor, and talk show host
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1972
Rich Johnston, English author and critic
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1972
Rain Phoenix, American actress and singer
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1976
Saleem Elahi, Pakistani cricketer
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1976
Martin Meichelbeck, German footballer
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1976
Daniel Whiston, English figure skater
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1976
Michael Wilson, Australian footballer
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1977
Yolande James, Canadian lawyer and politician
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1977
Jonas Jennings, American football player
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1978
Daniel Bradshaw, Australian footballer
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1978
Lucía Jiménez, Spanish actress and singer
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1979
Vincenzo Iaquinta, Italian footballer
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1979
Stromile Swift, American basketball player
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1979
Alex Tanguay, Canadian ice hockey player
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1980
Hank Blalock, American baseball player
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1980
Alec Brownstein, American author and director
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1980
Leonardo González, Costa Rican footballer
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1981
Wesley Britt, American football player
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1981
Ainārs Kovals, Latvian javelin thrower
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1981
Jonny Magallón, Mexican footballer
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1982
Ioana Ciolacu, Romanian fashion designer
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1982
Georgios Kalogiannidis, Greek archer
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1983
Jamie Langley, English rugby player
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1984
Álvaro Bautista, Spanish motorcycle racer
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1984
Jena Malone, American actress and singer
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1985
Carly Rae Jepsen, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
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1985
Jesús Navas, Spanish footballer
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1985
Nicola Silvestri, Italian footballer
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1986
Colleen Ballinger, American comedian, actress, and singer
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1986
Ben Bishop, American ice hockey player
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1986
Kristof Goddaert, Belgian cyclist (d. 2014)
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1987
Stefan Glarner, Swiss footballer
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1987
Eesha Karavade, Indian chess player
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1988
Len Väljas, Canadian skier
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1988
Preston Zimmerman, American soccer player
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1989
Will Buckley, English footballer
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1989
Dárvin Chávez, Mexican footballer
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1989
Justin Tucker, American football player
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1989
Fabian Delph, English footballer
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1990
Dani King, English cyclist
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1990
Georgie Twigg, English field hockey player
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1991
Almaz Ayana, Ethiopian sprinter
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1991
Lewis Dunk, English footballer
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1991
Peni Terepo, New Zealand rugby league player
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1992
Conor Maynard, English singer-songwriter
Muertes Famosas
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615
Columbanus, Irish missionary and saint (b. 543)
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933
Al-Tahawi, Arab imam and scholar (b. 853)
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1011
Reizei, emperor of Japan (b. 950)
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1136
William de Corbeil, English archbishop (b. 1070)
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1150
García Ramírez of Navarre (b. 1112)
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1325
Yury of Moscow, Prince of Moscow and Vladimir
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1361
Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1346)
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1555
Georgius Agricola, German mineralogist, philologist, and scholar (b. 1490)
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1566
Annibale Caro, Italian poet and author (b. 1507)
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1579
Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier (b. 1519)
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1639
Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (b. 1583)
Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent · Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire
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1652
Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (b. 1585)
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1695
Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (b. 1659)
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1730
François de Troy, French painter and engraver (b. 1645)
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1775
John Hill, English botanist and author (b. 1719)
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1782
Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (b. 1709)
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1811
Heinrich von Kleist, German poet and author (b. 1777)
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1844
Ivan Krylov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1769)
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1859
Yoshida Shōin, Japanese academic and politician (b. 1830)
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1861
Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, French priest and activist (b. 1802)
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1870
Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech historian and poet (b. 1811)
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1874
Marià Fortuny, Spanish painter (b. 1838)
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1881
Ami Boué, German-Austrian geologist and ethnographer (b. 1794)
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1899
Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (b. 1844)
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1907
Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (b. 1876)
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1908
Carl Friedrich Schmidt, German-Russian geologist and botanist (b. 1832)
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1909
Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter (b. 1851)
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1916
Franz Joseph I of Austria (b. 1830)
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1922
Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican journalist and activist (b. 1874)
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1926
Edward Cummins, American golfer (b. 1886)
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1928
Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (b. 1858)
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1938
Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1870)
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1941
Henrietta Vinton Davis, American actress and playwright (b. 1860)
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1942
Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician, Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary (b. 1863)
Count Leopold Berchtold · List of foreign ministers of Austria-Hungary
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1942
J. B. M. Hertzog, South African general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1866)
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1945
Robert Benchley, American humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor (b. 1889)
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1945
Al Davis, American boxer (b. 1920)
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1945
Ellen Glasgow, American author (b. 1873)
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1945
Alexander Patch, American general (b. 1889)
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1953
Felice Bonetto, Italian race car driver (b. 1903)
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1953
Larry Shields, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1893)
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1957
Francis Burton Harrison, American general and politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines (b. 1873)
Francis Burton Harrison · Governor-General of the Philippines
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1958
Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1909)
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1959
Max Baer, American boxer, referee, and actor (b. 1909)
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1963
Artur Lemba, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1885)
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1963
Robert Stroud, American ornithologist and author (b. 1890)
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1967
C. M. Eddy, Jr., American author (b. 1896)
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1970
Newsy Lalonde, Canadian lacrosse and ice hockey player (b. 1887)
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1970
C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
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1973
Thomas Pelly, American lawyer and politician (b. 1902)
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1974
John B. Gambling, American radio host (b. 1897)
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1974
Frank Martin, Swiss-Dutch pianist and composer (b. 1890)
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1975
Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic author (b. 1889)
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1980
Sara García, Mexican actress (b. 1895)
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1981
Harry von Zell, American actor and comedian (b. 1906)
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1982
John Hargrave, English activist and author (b. 1894)
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1984
Ben Wilson, American basketball player (b. 1967)
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1986
Jerry Colonna, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
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1988
Carl Hubbell, American baseball player and scout (b. 1903)
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1989
Harvey Hart, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
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1989
Margot Zemach, American author and illustrator (b. 1931)
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1990
Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler and referee (b. 1954)
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1991
Sonny Werblin, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1907)
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1992
Kaysone Phomvihane, Laotian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Laos (b. 1920)
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1992
Ricky Williams, American singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1956)
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1993
Bill Bixby, American actor (b. 1934)
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1994
Willem Jacob Luyten, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1899)
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1995
Peter Grant, English actor and manager (b. 1935)
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1995
Noel Jones, Indian-English diplomat, British ambassador to Kazakhstan (b. 1940)
Noel Jones (diplomat) · List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Kazakhstan
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1996
Bernard Rose, English organist and composer (b 1916)
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1996
Abdus Salam, Pakistani-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
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1999
Quentin Crisp, English actor, author, and illustrator (b. 1908)
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2000
Ernest Lluch, Spanish economist and politician (b. 1937)
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2002
Hadda Brooks, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1916)
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2005
Alfred Anderson, Scottish soldier (b. 1896)
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2005
Hugh Sidey, American journalist and academic (b. 1927)
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2006
Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Somalian-Djiboutian politician, 1st President of Djibouti (b. 1916)
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2006
Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese lawyer and politician (b. 1972)
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2007
Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
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2007
Tom Johnson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1928)
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2007
Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1931)
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2009
Konstantin Feoktistov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1926)
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2010
Norris Church Mailer, American author (b. 1949)
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2010
David Nolan, American activist and politician (b. 1943)
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2010
Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American painter and author, co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History (b. 1917)
Margaret Taylor-Burroughs · DuSable Museum of African American History
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2012
Emily Squires, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1941)
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2012
Austin Peralta, American pianist (b. 1990)
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2013
John Egerton, American journalist and author (b. 1935)
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2013
Fred Kavli, Norwegian-American businessman and philanthropist, founded The Kavli Foundation (b. 1927)
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2013
Dimitri Mihalas, American astronomer and author (b. 1939)
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2013
Vern Mikkelsen, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
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2013
Bernard Parmegiani, French composer (b. 1927)
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2013
Tôn Thất Đính, Vietnamese general (b. 1926)
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2013
Maurice Vachon, Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1929)
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2014
J. C. Gilbert, American soldier, farmer, and politician (b. 1922)
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2014
John H. Land, American soldier and politician (b. 1920)
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2014
Robert Richardson, English general (b. 1929)
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2015
Gil Cardinal, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1950)
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2015
Ameen Faheem, Indian-Pakistani poet and politician (b. 1939)
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2015
Bob Foster, American boxer and police officer (b. 1938)
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2015
Anthony Read, English screenwriter and producer (b. 1935)
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2015
Joseph Silverstein, American violinist and conductor (b. 1932)